The indictment alleges the former NYC mayor spread false claims of fraud and pressured county officials and state legislators to change the outcome of results.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Defense rests without Trump taking witness stand in hush money trial
Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump’s social media account shares campaign video with headline about ‘unified Reich’
It was shared on the former president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
Third candidate challenges Angus King for U.S. Senate seat
King, an independent, is now being challenged by a Democrat, a Republican and an independent.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms
Mills will sign an executive order Tuesday to create the commission in the wake of an extremely warm and stormy winter.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Top Democrat calls for Biden to replace FDIC chairman to fix agency’s ‘toxic culture’
Sen. Sherrod Brown, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, says the agency is broken and there must be ‘fundamental changes at the FDIC.’
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to throw witness out of court for behavior on stand
Donlald Trump’s lawyers also pressed the Judge to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
First-term Durham Republican representative missed 67% of Legislature’s session days this year
Rep. Joseph Galletta hasn’t explained his absences – all of which were excused by his fellow lawmakers – but wants to be reelected.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Absent Maine Democrats ceded majority to Republicans on Legislature’s final day
Roughly a quarter of the caucus didn’t cast veto override votes to save key bills on May 10. A handful of that group said they were at the State House but knew the votes would fall short.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Politics, Schools and Education
Bernie Sanders speaks at UNE graduation, says U.S. health care system is broken
America spends more than other countries, yet millions of people are uninsured and underserved, the senator from Vermont said during his remarks at Saturday’s commencement.